- 1943 Sam de Vries, Dutch actor (Boefje; De man zonder hart), murdered in gas chamber at Sobibór concentration camp at 50
- 1955 Walter Hampden, American actor (Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 75
- 1956 Frank Brangwyn, Welsh painter, muralist and cartoonist (Official War Artist First World War), dies at 89
- 1956 Ralph Morgan [Wupperman], American actor (Creeper, Imposter, Jack London), dies at 73
- 1966 Ethel Clayton, American actress (Warning Shadows), dies at 82
- 1966 Wallace Ford [Samuel Jones Grundy], British actor (Freaks, Harvey, Spellbound, Deputy), dies of a heart attack at 68
- 1970 Frank Silvera, Jamaican-American actor (High Chaparral, Killer's Kiss, Fear and Desire), accidentally electrocutes himself at 55
John Wayne (1907-1979)
American actor (Green Berets, True Grit), dies of stomach cancer at 72
- 1985 Sapfo Notara, Greek actress (b. 1907)
- 1988 Nathan Cook, American actor (The Whiye Shadow - "Milton"; Hotel - "Billy"), dies of an allergic reaction at 38
- 1991 Vlastimil Fisar, Czech actor/pres (Intl Actors Federation), dies
- 1992 Scotty Sachs, actor (Hanoi Hilton), dies of gunshot wounds at 39
- 1993 Bernard Bresslaw, English comedian (Carry On team), dies of a heart attack at 59
- 1993 Ray Sharkey, American actor (Wiseguy, No Mercy, Body Rock), dies of AIDS at 40
- 1994 Herbert Anderson, American character actor (Dennis The Menace, Battleground), dies of a stroke at 77
- 1994 Jack Hannah, animator, dies at 90
- 1996 Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim], German actress (Gloria, Gold, Metropolis), dies at 90
- 1996 Lonne Elder, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 69
- 1999 DeForest Kelley, American actor (Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy-Star Trek), dies of stomach cancer at 79
- 2000 Lew Gallo, American character actor and screenwriter (Get Smart; Gunsmoke; 12 O'Clock High), dies at 71
David Brinkley (1920-2003)
American NBC news anchor (The Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 82
- 2003 William Marshall, American stage and screen actor, director, and operatic singer (Frederick Douglass: Slave and Statesman; Blacula; Scream Blacula Scream), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 78
- 2005 Ron Randell, Australian actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera), dies at 86
- 2007 Mary Ellen "Mala" Powers, American actress (Cyrano de Bergerac, The Wild Wild West), dies of leukemia at 75
- 2012 Ann Rutherford, Canadian actress (Gone With The Wind; Whistling in the Dark), dies from heart disease at 94
- 2014 Ruby Dee (née Wallace), American Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress (A Raisin in the Sun; American Gangster), poet, and civil rights activist, dies at 91
- 2015 Dusty Rhodes [Virgil Riley Runnels Jr.], American pro wrestler (Pro Wrestling Illustrated Match of the Year 1979, 86; WWE HOF), dies of kidney failure at 69
- 2015 Jim Ed Brown, American country music singer-songwriter ("Here Today and Gone Tomorrow"; "Pop a Top"), and radio and television host (Nashville on the Road), dies of lung cancer at 81
- 2015 Ron Moody [Moodnick], British stage and screen actor, singer (Oliver!; The Twelve Chairs), and composer dies at 91
- 2020 Mel Winkler, American actor (Devil in a Blue Dress), dies at 78
- 2021 John Gabriel [Jack Monkarsh], American stage and screen actor (Ryan's Hope), singer, lyricist, and producer, dies at 90
- 2024 Françoise Hardy, French pop singer, songwriter ("Je Suis D’Accord", "Comment te Dire Adieu"). and actress, dies of cancer complications at 80 [1]
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